From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tug \Tug\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Tugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tugging}.] [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. t['e]on, p. p. togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L. ducere to lead, draw. Cf. {Duke}, {Team}, {Tie}, verb (used with an object), {Touch}, {Tow}, verb (used with an object), {Tuck} to press in, {Toy} a plaything.]
1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. --Roscommon.
To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain. --Hudibras.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a sudden abrupt pull [syn: {jerk}]
2: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships [syn: {tugboat}, {towboat}, {tower}]
verb
1: pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"
2: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" [syn: {labor}, {labour}, {push}, {drive}]
3: tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"
4: carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase" [syn: {lug}, {tote}]
5: move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"
6: pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"
7: struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts" [also: {tugging}, {tugged}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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